Fletcherize
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.
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to consider deliberately; meditate thoroughly on; chew over.
The two extra months at sea gave him an insight into a great business, and he had the time to fletcherize his ideas.
Etymology
Origin of Fletcherize
An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; Fletcherism, -ize
Example Sentences
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The tourists rise and file out of the monastery without a word, wait in line for their rice and lentils, then fletcherize their meal, looking quite serious.
From Slate
Yet one reason “The Voyeur’s Motel” is gripping is that Mr. Talese doesn’t fletcherize his material.
From New York Times
Franz Kafka’s father, she reports, “hid behind a newspaper at dinnertime to avoid watching the writer Fletcherize.”
From Slate
An inability to further fletcherize.
From Project Gutenberg
So, baseball players, if you’re wise, And think you’d like to Fletcherize, Hark to the Gypsy’s warning!
From Project Gutenberg
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